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The inaugural conference collaboration between Ritholtz Wealth Management and Inside ETFs was nothing short of a blazing success. With 700+ attendees and a sold-out Scottsdale, Arizona resort (yes, it was hot - thus, the blazing reference), the confab was an...

ETFs have existed for 26+ years. That’s longer than a third of the U.S. population has been alive. Through the Dotcom crash, the Global Financial Crisis, taper tantrums and more recently, a 20% market swoon in the back half of last year. ETFs have aged well through...

It was back to the City of Dreams this week… Ben Carlson, who I actually met on the trip, summed-up my visit rather well: My tally after a quick 36 hours in NYC: -3.5 pieces of pizza -2 bagels -2 Chipotle bowls (not even ashamed) -1 clogged artery -7 lbs gained -1...

A coffee table book on ETFs? I’m considering. Until then, here are some of my favorite ETF charts so far in 2019. Enjoy! Previous "ETFs in Pictures": ETF in Pictures I ETF in Pictures II ETFs – Year in Pictures 2018 Accelerating ETF Growth As always, we start...

The majority of Americans cannot pass a basic financial literacy quiz featuring questions like: A 15-year mortgage typically requires higher monthly payments than a 30-year mortgage but the total interest over the life of the loan will be less. True or False? Go ahead...

Source: ETF.com Low Cost “There shall be an ETF for every asset class, and it shall be virtually free to own.” - Matt Hougan & Dave Nadig via ETF.com “One of the most attractive elements of ETFs is their cost structure. Because ETFs are based on indexes, there’s no...

I recently chronicled the latest flare-up in the savage ETF fee war. In the span of two weeks, we saw filings for the first “free” ETFs, the launch of the cheapest (for now) ETF, and meaningful fee moves from four of the top five ETF providers. Then it happened. ...

“If you lower it, they will come.” -Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas I recently declared the ETF fee war officially over: “My sense is the majority of companies offering plain-vanilla ETFs simply don’t have much room to drop fees any further. Sure, some will still jockey...